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When the No. 20 Aggie softball team
retlurns to the Aggie Softball Complex to
face the No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowgirls
on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1
p.m., one thing will be on both teams’
agenda: redemption.
Bfioth teams are coming off close losses to
in-state rivals, and a win for either team
would ease the sting of their recent defeats
as well as provide some momentum for the
last leg of conference play.
■ Oklahoma State (27-7, 6-1 Big 12) will
be looking to take its frustrations out on
the Aggies as the Cowgirls lost a close
game to their arch-rivals, the No. 4
Oklahoma Sooners.
■ A magnificent pitching performance by
senior pitcher Lauren Bay went by the way-
side. as the Cowgirls could not hold onto a
1-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh. Until
the seventh. Bay no-hit the Sooners, but that
quickly changed.
■ After giving up a single and a walk, the
Sooners sealed the win with a two-run dou-
SPORTS IN BRIEF
No. 19 Aggies visit Sooners in Norman
If The No. 19 Aggie baseball team travels to Norman, Okla., this
W/eekend for the first of seven road games. The Aggies enter the.
series in seventh place in the Big 12 standings with a 5-4 confer
ence record and a 24-9 record overall.
’ A&M is coming off a 15-8 win over Sam Houston State University
On Tuesday night. The Aggies finished the game with 14 hits.
1 The Sooners are off to their worst start in years and are tied for
last place in the Big 12 with a 0-6 Big 12 record and an overall mark
Of 12-13.
H Oklahoma is coming off a big win over Wichita State that ended
a nine-game losing streak for the Sooners, who have just two play
ers that are hitting more than .300.
^ The Aggies have seven hitters above the .300 mark including jun
ior left fielder Scott Beerer who leads the team with a .339 batting
average and is second with 24 RBI.
* A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson said the Sooners are a better
team than their record indicates so far.
The first game of the three-game series is Friday at 6:35 p.m. Game
two is Saturday at 2 p.m., and the series ends Sunday at 1 p.m.
ble to end the game. The loss snapped
OSU’s 15-game winning streak, and gave
Bay her first loss since March 6, her fourth
of the season.
Oklahoma State Head Coach Margaret
Rebenar expects to see just as tough a game
against the Aggies as she saw against
Oklahoma.
“These games in the Big 12 are dog
fights, and the scores indicate that,” Rebenar
said. “A&M has a great ballclub, and they
have some players that tend to come through
in clutch situations. We try to approach
every game in the same way because in this
league, no team should be underestimated.”
Meanwhile, A&M (26-13, 4-3 Big 12)
will look to clean up its game defensively:
the Aggies have committed six errors in the
last two games.
On Wednesday, the Aggies lost to a Baylor
squad that had yet to win a game in confer
ence play. Baylor capitalized on four Aggie
errors to win the game despite a solid pitch
ing effort by junior pitcher Jessica Slataper,
who gave up five hits and allowed only one
earned run in the loss.
A&M senior catcher Selena Collins said
the key for the Aggies will be to get off to a
fast start against the Cowgirls and their star
pitcher, Bay.
“Oklahoma State is a very aggressive
team,” Collins said. “Lauren Bay really
keeps them in the game. If we jump on them
early, I think we’ll be fine.”
One thing that should prove helpful to
the Aggies is their continued dominance at
home. This year, the Aggies have been near
ly invincible at the Aggie Softball Complex,
boasting a 14-1 record. However, as A&M
Head Coach Jo Evans can attest, having a
stellar home record does not mean the
Aggies will head into their bout with OSU
in an overconfident manner.
“We know that OSU is a very competi
tive team, and they are currently leading the
conference,” Evans said. “Lauren Bay is a
phenomenal strikeout and power pitcher,
and her team has been giving her enough
run support to win. We split with OSU last
year, and we expect nothing less than a
tough battle from them.”
The Aggies are at a crucial make-or-
break point in their Big 12 schedule, and a
good showing versus Oklahoma State would
be well worth their while as a huge game
with bitter rival Texas looms on the horizon.
AUSSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Senior catcher Selena Collins consults with junior Lindsey Wilhelmson
on the mound in the Aggies’ game against Nebraska on March 23.
Equestrian team heads to New Mexico
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M equestrian team will be
head to Las Cruces, N.M. Saturday to com
pete in the Zone 7 Championships hosted by
New Mexico State University. The Zone
Championships are the last stop on the
Aggies'journey as they strive to make a bid
for the Intercollegiate Horse Show
Association National Championships in
May in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
So far, the Aggies have qualified one
individual rider, junior Meredith Houx, who
rides English style, for the national champi
onship meet.
Despite the lack of NCAA recognition,
equestrian became a varsity sport at A&M,
along with archery in 1999, and like the
archery team, has quickly developed into a
successful and influential program.
The Aggie Western team earned the
National Championship last year at the
IHSA show. The Aggies were led by Quincy
Cahill, who was the high point scorer in the
region three years in a row and won at
Nationals all three years before graduating
and leaving the team in December.
The Aggies were forced to look to new
leadership in Cahill’s absence, and sopho
more Katie Forest has stepped up, becoming
arguably the best Western rider in the
Aggies’ region.
“Quincy was it for three years and now
it’s Katie,” said Head Coach Tana Rawson.
“She picked up where Quincy left off.”
The team has qualified for the Nationals
as it was the high point team in the Region
during the regular season.
Despite the Western team having already
qualified for nationals by virtue of its regu
lar season success, the team is looking at
this weekend as a chance to defend the Zone
Championship it earned last year by defeat
ing Oklahoma State.
On the English side of things, the Aggie
women have been eliminated as a team from
competing in the national championships.
To qualify for a chance to compete for
the national crown, a team must score the
most points in its region throughout the reg
ular season. Oklahoma State beat the A&M
squad and is heading to nationals represent
ing Zone 7 Region 2.
See Equestrian on page 7
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